The Sacramento Bee
Madison Smalstig
03 November 2026
Sacramento County could be paying up to $25 million to build on the planned height of Sacramento International Airport’s new air traffic control tower. The proposed height increase aims to keep the line-of-sight clear following expansion projects.
The Sacramento County Department of Airports and the Federal Aviation Administration want to raise the proposed tower by 25 feet, making the new height 205 feet above ground level. It’s to accommodate for the eventual expansion of Concourse B, which aims to add six more gates and “would create a brief space where controllers would not be able to see a portion of one of the taxiways,” county airports spokesperson Lindsay Myers said...
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